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Author: Yussef Cole

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A screenshot from Resident Evil shows the character Jill Valentine ready to grapple with a zombie in the well-appointed sitting room of an old mansion.

Evil in Residence

By Yussef Cole • November 7th, 2022

Resident Evil is a Hellraiser puzzle box; an invitation to partake, to play along, only to realize (too late) that the controller itself is a portal through which the game itself can reach out and draw its horrifying tithe.

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A screenshot from the overworld of The Legend of Zelda showing pixellated brush and the corner of a large blue lake. Several menacing creatures patrol land and water.

End of Zelda

By Yussef Cole • October 7th, 2022

Perhaps in Hyrule, which was apparently inspired by the local woodlands of its designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, we could grasp some of that same fantasy, that escape.

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The Rehearsal

By Yussef Cole • September 1st, 2022

“In trying to control your life, you wind up creating fiction.”

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A screenshot of the pixelated cast of Star Fox, including main character Fox McCloud, flanked by Slippy Toad and Peppy Hare

Starry-Eyed Fox

By Yussef Cole • June 6th, 2022

“I’ve been trying to clear Star Fox,” she ventured, holding up the rectangular cartridge with a question in her eyes.

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In a browned-out videogame screen, a soldier in fatigues faces off against two mud-colored tanks.

Killing My People

By Yussef Cole • March 4th, 2022

My mother once walked in on my brother and I playing a PlayStation game called SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs. She interrupted our session, asking why we were “killing our people?”

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An Atari videogame console with wood-grain detailing on the front panel. Includes joystick.

My Cousin’s Atari

By Yussef Cole • February 4th, 2022

Yussef receives a shock to the system (in more ways than one).

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A blocky gray and black Nintendo Entertainment System console from the late 80s.

Better Late than Never

By Yussef Cole • December 7th, 2021

On always being a few steps behind in a never-ending videogame console race.

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A man and his daughter wearing worn clothing make their way through a train yard.

Solitary Masculinity

By Yussef Cole • December 1st, 2021

The solitary, prepper-style know-how in 2018’s Leave No Trace feels eerily familiar to the masochistic “git gud” approach which has long plagued videogames.

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The Real Quake Was The Friendships We Made Along The Way

By Yussef Cole • November 9th, 2021

Razor-sharp precision. Chunky symmetry. Beauty.

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Tomie

By Yussef Cole • August 31st, 2021

She is the fantasy and the nightmare, all at once.

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